this is ONLY THE FIRST OF TWO PARTS in the manual, people. the other half describes REPUBLIC. the point this manual was making is that there is a vast difference between the two. in 1928, when this was written, the ISS (formed in 1905) has been muddling the term. it became a euphemism for 'socialism.' the term democracy has no meaning. you must have the speaker DEFINE what he means by it, which is what this army manual was doing. now, go look up the next section of the manual, which is what AMERICA stands for. don't be ignorant. and read YOUR CONSTITUTION!!!